Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis on
Thursday washed the feet of 12 prisoners, including a Nigerian at Regina Caeli
prison in Rome.
According to Vatican News, the twelve
men, selected by prison authorities, come from Italy, the Philippines, Morocco,
Moldavia, Columbia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Eight of them are Catholics,
while two are Muslims, one is a Buddhist and one is an Orthodox Christian.
The rite, performed yearly on
Holy Thursday, commemorates Jesus Christ’s Last Supper with the apostles. The
ceremony is part of the run-up to Easter Sunday.
“Everyone always has the
opportunity to change life and one cannot judge. I am a sinner like you but
today I represent Jesus… God never abandons us, never tires of forgiving us,”
Pope Francis said to the inmates.
This is the fourth time in the
Pope’s five year papacy that he has celebrated the Holy Mass in an Italian
jail.
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